Strange the 'Northampton' and the 'Ocean' collided at sea with Freemantles on the former and Vices on the latter! The 'Ocean' was hit by a cannon ball from St. Sargo, off Cape Verde Islands.

William Samuel Wood, born 1823, was killed in Basutuland on 31.10.1880, aged 57. He was the son of William Wood who came to South Africa in 1818 with Col. (afterwards Lt.Gen.) Sir Rufane Donkin. William Wood was drowned in the Zwartkops River, near Algoa Bay, leaving two sons.